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William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne. (1737-1805), Prime Minister and patron of the arts. Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter associated with 68 portraits. Petty, who was styled Viscount Fitzmaurice, entered the Army after university and served in the Seven Years' War. In 1760, he was promoted colonel and appointed aide-de-camp ...
Shelburne, William Petty Fitzmaurice, Earl OfSHELBURNE, WILLIAM PETTY FITZMAURICE, EARL OF. (1737–1805). British politician and prime minister. Born in Dublin, Fitzmaurice (later Petty) joined the Twentieth Regiment and served at Rochefort (1757), Minden (1759), and Kloster Kamp (1760).
23 de set. de 2021 · Edited by Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice in Life of William, Earl of Shelburne (2nd ed., 1912): Paper on Sepulchral Monuments (1791), originally published in The Gentleman's Magazine. Autobiographic papers (1800–1801) "Lord Shelburne on Men and Things", undated fragments on politics and economics.
Among Fitzmaurice’s papers at Bowood is a list of the parliamentary representation of England and Wales at the end of 1760, annotated by him with remarks concerning the dominant interests in the constituencies, the candidates, their chances, etc.; and among George III’s papers at Windsor a list of Members, torn out of an almanac for 1760, is interleaved with blank pages on to which ...
WILLIAM PETTY FITZMAURICE LANSDOWNE, 1ST Marquess Of (1737-1805), British statesman, better known under his earlier title of earl of Shelburne, was born at Dublin on the 10th of May 1737. He was a descendant of the lords of Kerry (dating from 1181), and his grandfather Thomas Fitzmaurice, who was created earl of Kerry (1723), married the daughter of Sir William Petty.
30 de jul. de 2011 · Children of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne and Lady Louisa Emma Fox-Strangways. Lady Louisa Petty-FitzMaurice + 4 d. 12 Jun 1906; William Thomas Petty-FitzMaurice, Earl of Kerry + 3 b. 30 Mar 1811, d. 21 Aug 1836; Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne + 5 b. 7 Jan 1816, d. 5 Jul 1866
Sir William Petty FRS (26 May 1623 – 16 December 1687) was an English economist, physician, scientist and philosopher. He first became prominent serving Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth in Ireland. He developed efficient methods to survey the land that was to be confiscated and given to Cromwell's soldiers.
